“A pair of stage ‘twins’—who turned out to be the girls in yellow—did a baby act in costume and champagne was served in glasses bigger than finger bowls. The moon…
“We got the fish at Loaves and Fishes, with its wooden sign, fish with a smile and eyelashes. It doesn’t sell loaves though. Most households bake their own, though you…
“The first egg is white. I move the egg-cup a little, so it’s now in the watery sunlight that comes through the window and falls, brightening, waning, brightening again, on…
“But what did it mean?” I say.“Which?” he says. “Oh. It meant, ‘Don’t let the bastards grind you down.’ I guess we thought we were pretty smart, back then.” “I…
“‘Hateful day when I received life!’ I exclaimed in agony. Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity,…
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